Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Financial Services and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240), which rose 7.22% or 1.90 points to trade at 28.20 at the close. Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) added 5.23% or 1.50 points to end at 30.20 and AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) was up 4.23% or 1.10 points to 27.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150), which lost 5.92% or 1.26 points to trade at 20.02 in late trade. Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130) declined 3.50% or 0.74 points to end at 20.40 and BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) shed 2.45% or 0.65 points to 25.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 84 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.35% or 0.22 to $63.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.97% or 0.69 to hit $71.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1293.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.44% to 4.2375, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.560.